"How do you photograph darkness? A question Sarah Lee considers with her work as the nights draw in: I've always been drawn to photographing the darkness as the winter months draw in after the clocks go back and we head towards the solstice. I wondered why that was given that the world itself seems so dark at the moment. I realised this year that it is not the darkness I'm photographing, but, rather, the light. Always the light."
"I've always been drawn to photographing the darkness as the winter months draw in after the clocks go back and we head towards the solstice."
Interest centers on photographing darkness as nights lengthen after clocks change and the solstice approaches. The practice reveals a paradox in which pervasive gloom actually foregrounds moments of light. The intent shifts from documenting absence to seeking points of illumination that shape form and mood. The recognition emerges that the primary subject is the light—persistent, revealing, and emotionally resonant. Winter sunsets and nocturnal scenes become studies in contrast and presence, where light, rather than darkness, drives composition and meaning.
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